The properties of a Miscellaneous Device can be modified after detection, creation or import. To edit the properties of a Miscellaneous Device, right-click the device and select Properties... in the context menu. The Properties for Device: Name will be displayed:
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The above screenshot shows the properties for a device in the Administration View. If the properties of a devices are opened in the Inventory View, the Inventory tab is not displayed.
- Type. Specifies the device type.
- Name. This is the freely selected name of the device to be displayed in the Empirum user interface.
- Domain. Specifies the domain name of the related network device. A domain/workgroup consists of several computers which have been assigned a common group name. A domain consists of shared resources and their users.
- IP Address. Specifies the IP address of the device. Enter the IP address assigned to the computer. An IP address is made up of 4 numbers (between 0 and 255) which are separated by dots.
- MAC Address (MAC = Media Access Control). Allows network adapters to be uniquely identified worldwide. It is stored on the network card. The addresses are made up of 48 bits. They are usually represented as 6 hexadecimal numbers (example: 00-30-67-34-00-1A). The first three hexadecimal numbers specify the manufacturer code. The remaining numbers are internally used for encoding.
- Manufacturer. Enter the manufactorer of the device. This field may already be filled for an SNMP-active device via mapping.
- Model. Specify the model name of the device. This field may already be filled via mapping for an SNMP-active device.
- Inventory ID. This is a freely selectable string for internal identification of the device.
- Location. Here you can enter the location of a device.
- Room No. Here you can enter the room number of the device.
- Department. Here you can enter the department of the device.
- Contact Person. Here you can enter the contact person for the device.
- Registration Date. Specifies the date when the device has been detected and inventoried. This field is not editable.
The two text fields Type and Registration Date are grayed out, because they are filled by Device Discovery during the automatic detection of network devices